Hamlet vs Hoffman

A side-by-side comparison of Hamlet and Hoffman: population, income, housing, and more.

Hamlet and Hoffman are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hamlet has the higher population (6,000 vs 789 in Hoffman). Hamlet has the higher median home value ($103,800 vs $52,700 in Hoffman). Since 2019, Hoffman's population has grown faster (+12.6% vs -5.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Hamlet	Hoffman
Population	6,000	789
Median age	41.5 yrs	29.7 yrs
Median household income	$38,500	—
Median home value	$103,800	$52,700
Median gross rent	$553	$774
Housing units	2,992	250
Homeownership rate	55.7%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	3.2%
Unemployment rate	12.0%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hamlet	Hoffman
Population	6,331 → 6,000 (-5.2%)	701 → 789 (+12.6%)
Median household income	$35,221 → $38,500 (+9.3%)	$32,697 → $35,781 (+9.4%)
Median home value	$90,600 → $103,800 (+14.6%)	$71,700 → $52,700 (-26.5%)
Median gross rent	$586 → $553 (-5.6%)	$783 → $774 (-1.1%)

Hamlet

Population

6,3316,000

Median household income

$35,221$38,500

Median home value

$90,600$103,800

Median gross rent

$586$553

Hoffman

Population

701789

Median household income

$32,697$35,781

Median home value

$71,700$52,700

Median gross rent

$783$774

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hamlet	Hoffman
Under 5	3.0%	8.7%
5 to 17	18.4%	7.1%
18 to 24	12.3%	12.7%
25 to 34	8.9%	32.1%
35 to 44	13.8%	6.0%
45 to 54	14.7%	10.4%
55 to 64	9.6%	13.3%
65 to 74	10.7%	4.8%
75 and over	8.6%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hamlet	Hoffman
White (non-Hispanic)	54.5%	18.9%
Black or African American	41.7%	69.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	9.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hamlet	Hoffman
No high school diploma	15.3%	41.5%
High school graduate	33.6%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	1.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hamlet	Hoffman
Drove alone	83.4%	96.5%
Carpooled	9.0%	2.0%
Public transit	1.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hamlet	Hoffman
1-unit, detached	76.3%	48.4%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	51.6%

Poverty & households

	Hamlet	Hoffman
Poverty rate	22.1%	40.7%
Average household size	2.36	3.85
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1963	1992